Whiffletree attachment.



J. LEE.

WHIFFLETREE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED $21 .24, 1913.

Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

JOSEPH LEE wi tueooeo UNITED STAES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH LEE, OTTERVILLE, ILLINOIS.

WI-IIFFLETREE ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr LEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Otterville, in the county of Jersey and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in VVhifIietree Attachments, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in whiffletree attachments and has relation more particularly to a trace hook therefor, and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this general character having means of a novel and improved character whereby certain of the parts may be readily and conveniently replaced without occasioning any undue delay.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the appended claim.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the ac. companying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a trace hook constructed in accordance with my invention, the whifiietree with which it coacts being shown in section; Fig. 2 is an end view of the trace hook proper, as shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view in top plan of the device as shown in Fig. 1 with certain of the parts being in section; Fig. 4 is a view in end elevation of the connecting ring or eye; Fig. 5 is a View in top plan of the trace hook proper; and Fig. 6 is a view in top plan of the connecting hook or eye.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes the whililetree of any ordinary or preferred construction having suitably secured adjacent its ends the clips or stopples 2. The stopple or clip 2 is adapted to be engaged by the eye 3 having the split shank 4 whereby such eyelet may be readily and conveniently applied to the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 24, 1913.

Patented J an. 20, 1914.

Serial No. 791,561.

clip or stopple 2. Such split shank l is eX- teriorly threaded and adapted to be engaged within the correspondingly threaded socket 7 produced in the stem or shank 5 of the trace-hook 6 whereby it will be readily observed that the eye 3 will be effectually maintained in operative relation with the clip or stopple 2.

It has been found in practice that the eyes 3 or the rings or links generally employed in lieu thereof break with great frequence and heretofore it has generally been necessary to employ the services of a blacksmith to properly repair the same but, in view of the foregoing, it will be readily perceived that should the eye 3 become broken or otherwise unfitted for use, it is only necessary to detach the trace hook 6 therefrom and substitute a new eye, it being understood that the driver should at all times be in possession of additional eyes.

From the foregoing description of my improvement, it is thought to be obvious that a whiflietree attachment constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which certain of the parts may be replaced as required and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without material departure from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shownin carrying out my invention in practice.

I claim:

In combination with a whiflletree pro vided with a clip, of an eye provided with a split shank in engagement with such clip, and a trace hook provided with a shank, such shank having produced in its end an axially directed elongated socket adapted to be threaded upon the split shank of the eye.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH LEE.

WVitnesses:

WILLIAM DOUGHERTY, CHRIS BARTON.

Gopiee of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

